Russian Official Demands Action Against Estonian Telecommunications Companies For Alleged Oppression

First of all, Vedernikov plans to fight against the so-called oppression of Russian mobile communications by Estonian operators. He believes that Estonian operators violate the signed agreements on the use of frequencies in border areas. At the same time, in recent years, almost 100 more masts have been installed alongside the base stations that are already located in the small settlements of the Pskov region. On the Estonian side, such active construction has not taken place.

Despite this, Vedernikov believes that Russia has the world’s strictest standards for the power of mobile transmitters, which is why Estonian base stations are suppressing the Russian signal.

“The limit allowed in the USA and Europe is ten times higher,” Vedernikov said, adding that “the question is not so much about convenience, but about ensuring national and information security.”

He did not comment in more detail on which territory near the border would be threatened by foreign electromagnetic fields, but concluded that the implementation of international agreements should be suspended and the power of Russian transmitters should be increased several times.

Currently, all major mobile operators in the Pskov region – MTS, “MegaFon”, “Beeline” and “Tele2” can place their devices in the same base stations. Previously, each cell tower could be owned by only one operator. They now share infrastructure with each other.

In addition, the mobile communication companies of the Pskov region also use the technological infrastructure created by Russia’s largest home Internet operator “Rostelekom”. This means that Estonia’s frequencies with the whole world are disturbed in this way.

Estonian telecommunications companies have not commented on the current situation. For example, “Telia” explained that since this is a political issue, it should be addressed to the Consumer Rights Protection and Technical Regulation Authority (TTJA).

2024-02-12 13:26:15
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